Douglas Hadron 625 Guitar

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Douglas Hadron 625 is constructed with dual cutaway solid Mahogany body with neck-thru design is light-weight (7 lbs) and has comfy contours for hours of play! HSH pickup configuration gives you a palette of tonal variations to dial in. 22 frets on the 3 piece mahogany neck opens up those high notes for you to solo to your heart's content.

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Douglas Pisces Bass

Douglas Pisces Bass Description

The Douglas Pisces by Rondo Music is a great inexpensive bass with really cool retro features! To this reviewer, it looks like it is fashioned after a Fender Telecaster bass.

The Douglas Pisces bass body is made out of solid alder. The body isn't laminated, but is made from a few pieces of solid alder.

The color choices are white, black and 2-tone tobacco burst. These models come with a bolt-on Maple neck with the 'new' Rondo headstock design. The well constructed design has an adjustable truss rod, very smooth maple fingerboard. As always, Rondo Music designs their necks and bridges to be fully adjustable allowing for superior action. This bass guitar is really easy and fun to play. non locking tuners

The body is shaped with comfortable contours allowing you to play for hours. In the body rests one single passive pickup, one volume and one tone control, fully adjustable bridge, and chrome hardware

Douglas Pisces Specifications

SX Jazz Bass

I love SX Jazz Bass Guitars! I regularly search for B-Stock guitar and bass items. This time, I found an SX Jazz bass with a peeling pickguard. It sat around for a while in the Rondo site, so I didn't really hurry to buy the B-Stock SX jazz bass.

B-Stock Bass Guitars

I also noticed an SX Jazz style bass neck that was finished, but needed the nut slot cut. I thought, "That's a great project for bass guitar." So, I made a list of the parts I would need to make a really cool natural jazz bass with black pickguard and black block inlays. That has always been a favorite look (to me) for the jazz bass.

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To summarize, I needed the B-stock jazz bass, one pickguard with 2 single-coil pickup slots, the neck, and 2 US Genuine Fender® pickups. (Duh.) Ya gotta upgrade the pickups.

Around the time I was preparing for all that I noticed (on Austin.Craigslist) a beautiful, one-piece, solid mahogany P-Bass body. (Ding! Salivate...) That story is in another blog post!

So, I got all the parts in, stripped the SX Jazz Bass, and fitted the pickguard by filling the screw holes and drilling new ones to match the pickguard. With the pickguard set, I mounted the pickups by drilling pickup mount holes in the proper locations, and securing them with a foam mount instead of springs. Under the foam is a grounded brass plate to reduce noise a bit. Read More to see the finished bass guitar!

Yamaha APX500 Review

The Yamaha APX500 review I found on youtube is a real good one! The reviewer gives a complete overview of the nstrument unplugged. In looking for others, covering the guitar plugged in, I found the latter video.

I'm looking for a yamaha acoustic electric, and found one of these for trade on Austin Craigslist... In my search, I have discovered the tonal quality is fairly rich, and the Yamaha APX500 is moderately priced.

Check out the Yamaha APX500FM with a great thin profile and beautiful Flamed Maple top!

HarBal Mastering Software Review

HarBal Mastering Software Review

HarBal, har-bal, or however you want to type it, is a very useful audio mastering application in my home recording studio tool box! From tweaking individual tracks like guitar or bass, to adjusting the frequency balance of whole songs, HARBAL is definitely a go-to application!

HarBal Mastering Software - Practical Application

(Note: I am posting the wav files, so you can get the best sample possible to hear the differences.)

Harbal | Original File

In this example, I'm taking a raw track digitized from an OLD cassette tape. The tape was recorded live at a gig in late 1981. It stands to reason that the tape sat around for about 23 years before it was transferred to the digital realm.

Here is the original track:
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Harbal screenshot of Original File:

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Grammatico Kingsville Amp Review

DIY Guitar Tone recently met with John Grammatico from Grammatico Amps and Luke Cutchins in Austin, Texas to do a candid review and interview featuring Grammatico Amps - The Kingsville.

The Kingsville is an awesome 45 watt hand-wired tube amp inspired by the classic '59 Fender tweed Bassman. Through much study and exploration John Grammatico has preserved the essence of the original Bassman, while making a flexible and extremely musical amp with the ability to cover a broad range of styles and bring out the true colors of any guitar you plug into it.

When you play through your new Grammatico Amps - The Kingsville, you'll be able to tap into all the warm, woody tones and completely express yourself through enhanced sparkling, shimmering tones! You, the player, will be able to capture the very essence of your expression coming from your guitar. The Kingsville is very touch sensitive and responsive to your playing. Check out the videos now!

Grammatico Kingsville Amp Review on youtube:

Recorded with Zoom Q3 Video Recorder

Grammatico Amps The Kingsville Review Part 1

Grammatico Amps The Kingsville Review Part 2

Freecorder | Free Web Sound Recorder

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You're searching for ways to "record what I hear" or "record streaming audio from internet" or something similar! So was I until I found Freecorder - A powerful FREE video downloader, sound recorder and file converter for Windows.

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Very Cool Telecaster Build

I was searching around on youtube and found this DIY telecaster build. Looks like the Weekend Guitar Builder has a great hobby, and some pretty nice tools! Check out this very cool DIY telecaster build:

Make Your Own DIY Ringtones!

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Have you ever wanted to create your own ringtones from your songs? I have been searching for a while and found this great tool to do DIY Ringtones!

MAGIX Ringtone Maker 3 Download Version

Agile AD-201 LP Jr

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Wow! When I saw this Agile AD-201 LP Jr copy on Rondo Music today, I just had to share it with you all! This is a really nice Les Paul Junior copy in my opinion. The construction is solid mahogany, and the P90 pickups, wrap-around bridge and set neck, this guitar is a true bargain at only $250.

Visit Rondo Music to pick up an Agile AD-201 ... BEFORE they're all gone!

Washburn T24 Taurus Bass Guitar Review

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The Washburn T24 bass guitar has a natural matte finish. The 7-ply mahogany/maple neck-thru design puts this excellent washburn bass guitar up in the "best" category. Washburn's construction in the T24 series is simply stunning. The first time I picked up my T24 and held it in my hands, I could tell it was a well made, quality bass guitar.

New Egg Deals

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Several products for your home studio and computer are available through newegg.com. You can find extra memory upgrades and hard drives for the studio computer, flash drives, and even extra memory for your Digitech Jamman.

I have built a studio computer completely from newegg deals! I continually search for headphone and cable deals, too. Please visit newegg.com now!

SX Jazz Bass Nut Install

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I found a Jazz Bass Neck on Rondo Music that needed to have the nut slot cut and mounting holes drilled.

I used this neck to build a DIY SX Jazz Bass Project. This jazz bass neck was slimmer with a 1.5" nut. Fender refers to these as a Type A nut and are usually associated with the Jazz style bass.

Rondo Music has lots of B-Stock guitar and bass items. This time, I found a brand new un-drilled SX Jazz bass neck, maple with black block inlay. The best part is the price - $40 shipped.